"Pro Tennis Tour 2 Pro Tennis Tour 2 (released as ""Great Courts 2"" in the United States, and ""Jimmy Connors Great Courts 2"" in Europe), is a 1991 video game released by Blue Byte Software for the Commodore Amiga, published by Ubisoft. It is the sequel to ""Pro Tennis Tour"", which was released for the ZX Spectrum in 1989. The game was ported to several systems, including the Atari ST, DOS & IBM Compatible PCs. Players have three different game modes to play; ""practice"", ""ball machine"", and ""tournament"". ""Practice"" is a quick start mode, where the player can play single"
"afterward. He was ranked No. 7 in Men's Singles by the USTA in 1908. Another nationally prominent player in the early years was Reuben A. Holden, Jr., who won the NCAA Singles Championship in 1910 while a student at Yale University. It was 41 years later in 1951, when Club member Tony Trabert playing for the University of Cincinnati won the NCAA Singles title. Barry MacKay of Dayton also won the NCAA Singles title in 1957, while at the University of Michigan. Trabert was one of the most prominent players in the modern history of tennis. He played on the"
"teams. During his sophomore year he became a member of the varsity crew, which was captained by his brother Elliott. He became captain of the Harvard crew in 1911. After graduating from Harvard, Cutler was a member of the Union Boat Club and competed in the 1914 Henley Royal Regatta. In 1925, Cutler made it to the finals of the U.S. Amateur Tennis Championship, but lost to Jay Gould in three sets. It was Gould's 18th straight title. He was eliminated in the second round of the 1926 tournament by W. T. Adee. He lost in the 1932 semifinals to"
"In the 1913 event he was a doubles finalist, and in 1915 he reached the third round in singles before falling to eventual tournament champion and future International Tennis Hall of Famer Charles S. Garland. Dudley Sutphin Dudley Vanness Sutphin (born October 25, 1875, in Dayton, Ohio, and died May 18, 1926, in New York, New York) was a prominent resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, a well-known attorney and judge, a French Legion of Honor medal winner, and an outstanding amateur tennis player. Sutphin graduated from the Franklin School in Cincinnati and went on to Yale University where he was a"
"was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame posthumously. Frederick Hovey Frederick Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868 – October 18, 1945) was a male tennis player from the United States. Hovey won the NCAA men's singles championship in 1890 while attending Harvard University. In 1893 Hovey won the men's doubles title at the U.S. National Championships with his partner Clarence Hobart with a victory over Oliver Campbell and Robert Huntington. In 1895 he won the men's title at the U.S. National Championships after defeating Robert Wrenn in three straight sets in the Challenge Round. That same year Hovey was"
"set opening round match. He lost in the second round to Alexander Volkov of Russia, also in five sets. Louis Gloria Louis ""Lou"" Gloria (born April 15, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Gloria played collegiate tennis for the University of South Carolina and was an All-American in 1991. He won the Brunei Challenger tournament in 1992, which would remain of only Challenger title. In 1994, Gloria had his best year on the ATP Tour, making the second round of three tournaments, the Lipton Championships, EA Generali Open and the Japan Open. His only Grand"
"Julius Seligson Julius ""Julie"" Seligson (December 22, 1909, in New York City – October 13, 1987) was an American tennis player in the early part of the 20th century. Seligson was ranked as high as # 8 in USTA Singles in 1928. In 1928 he won the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship in singles. He was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame. Seligson was born in New York City, New York, and was Jewish, and experienced anti-Semitism in tennis. He attended Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School. In 1937 he married Gertrude ""Gerry"" Seligson (nee"
"Maurice McLoughlin Maurice Evans McLoughlin (January 7, 1890 – December 10, 1957) was an American tennis player. Known for his powerful serve and overhead volley, McLoughlin was the first male tennis champion from the western United States. He was born on January 7, 1890 in Carson City, Nevada. At the U.S. Championships, he won the singles twice, 1912 and 1913, and the doubles three times with Thomas Bundy, 1912-1914. In 1913 he also became the first American to be a finalist in the singles at Wimbledon when he defeated Stanley Doust in the final of the All-Comers tournament. He lost"
"Malcolm Whitman Malcolm ""Mal"" Douglass Whitman (March 15, 1877 – December 28, 1932) was an American tennis player who won three singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. He graduated from The Roxbury Latin School, where he is celebrated as one of its greatest athletes. Whitman was American intercollegiate singles tennis champion in 1896 and doubles champion in 1897 and 1898 as a student at Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1899 and received his bachelor in law degree in 1902. In 1896 Whitman entered his first U.S. National Championships at the Newport Casino and lost in"
"Holcombe Ward Holcombe Ward (November 23, 1878 – January 23, 1967) was an American tennis player who was active during the last years of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th. He won the US National Championships singles title in 1904 and additionally won six doubles titles at the Grand Slam event. Ward is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the US National Championships in 1904 after defeating William Clothier in straight sets in the all-comer's final. He graduated from Harvard University. In 1905 Ward won the London Grass Court Championships, now known as"
"he became an insurance broker. Seligson died in 1987 of a malignant melanoma at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 77 years old. Julius Seligson Julius ""Julie"" Seligson (December 22, 1909, in New York City – October 13, 1987) was an American tennis player in the early part of the 20th century. Seligson was ranked as high as # 8 in USTA Singles in 1928. In 1928 he won the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship in singles. He was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame. Seligson was born in New York City, New"
"Dudley Sutphin Dudley Vanness Sutphin (born October 25, 1875, in Dayton, Ohio, and died May 18, 1926, in New York, New York) was a prominent resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, a well-known attorney and judge, a French Legion of Honor medal winner, and an outstanding amateur tennis player. Sutphin graduated from the Franklin School in Cincinnati and went on to Yale University where he was a member of the Freshman Crew team (which rowed on the River Thames in England against Harvard and Columbia). He also was a member of the tennis team and Delta Kappa Epsilon. After spending the summer"
"Barbara Hallquist Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (born May 1, 1957) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. She was the first female student to receive an athletic scholarship from the University of Southern California (USC) as a result of Title IX legislation. She played tennis for USC from 1976 to 1979. Hallquist won the national collegiate singles title in 1976 and 1977. She also won four team national championships. She was a four-year letter winner (1976-1979) and a three-time All-American. Hallquist won seven national collegiate tournaments. She was the winner of the USTA singles titles in 1976 and 1977."
"Richard Sears (tennis) Richard Dudley ""Dick"" Sears (October 26, 1861 – April 8, 1943) was an American tennis player, who won the US National Championships singles in its first seven years, from 1881-87, and the doubles for six years from 1882-87, after which he retired from tennis. He was the son of Frederic Richard Sears and Albertina Homer Shelton. His brothers Philip and Herbert were also tennis players. Sears learned to play tennis in 1879. .He was undefeated in the U.S. Championships, he won the first of his seven consecutive titles in 1881 while still a student at Harvard. In"
"while off the coast of New Jersey. The passenger list that night included Mr. Holden, his two sons Reuben IV and John, and his wife, Grace. Grace was among the 137 who died in the fire. Reuben A. Holden III Reuben Andrus Holden III (March 14, 1890 in Cincinnati, Ohio - February 27, 1967), was a tennis player during the early part of the 20th century. Holden played on the Yale University tennis team, a tennis powerhouse in those years along with Harvard, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1910, at the age of 20, Holden won the National"
"title with Adeline McKinlay and the mixed doubles title with Clarence Hobart. She did not defend her titles in 1893. She died on 1 January 1905 in Ireland. In 1976 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Mabel Cahill Mabel Esmonde Cahill (1863–1905) was an Irish female tennis player, active in the late 19th century, and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships. Born 2 April 1863, Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Cahill won the Orange Club ladies championship in 1890 and 1891. Cahill became the"
"James Dwight James Dwight (July 14, 1852, France – July 13, 1917) was an American tennis player. Sometimes called the ""Founding Father of American Tennis"", James Dwight won the first recorded tournament in the U.S. (and probably in the world, before the first Wimbledon Championships) played in August 1876 on the property of his uncle, William Appleton, at Nahant, MA. After graduating from Harvard in 1874, he traveled in Europe, saw the new sport of lawn tennis being played, and brought the necessary equipment home. Then he persuaded his uncle to mark out a court on his smooth front lawn"
"with a few stars and then local candidates filled out the rest of the field. The inaugural edition in April 1931, which made a loss of $1,500, was won by 19-year-old Ellsworth Vines. The tournament was not held during the World War II years 1942–1945. In 1971 the tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit while from 1973 until 1977 it formed part of the World Championship Tennis circuit. One of the landmark tournament events was in 1974, the championship match was broadcast before a national audience; thirty-four-year-old Rod Laver, met the heir apparent, seventeen-year-old Björn Borg. Laver,"
"Honor knighthood for his service in the US Navy in relation to operations in Italy and Provence. As such he became the oldest first time recipient of the order ever since it was created by Napoleon. Mulloy was a 1936 graduate of the University of Miami, and tennis coach at the school. He also was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He recruited to Miami and played doubles with George Toley, who went on to win 10 NCAA team titles at the University of Southern California. Probably Mulloy's greatest contribution to tennis was advancing the popularity of senior tennis."
"Gardnar Mulloy Gardnar Putnam ""Gar"" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C. and turned 100 in November 2013. During his career he won five Grand Slam doubles tournaments and was a member of the winning Davis Cup team on three occasions. While he was the tennis coach at the University of Miami, Mulloy recruited Pancho Segura for the tennis team. Segura won three straight NCAA singles titles in 1943, 1944, and 1945. Segura went on"
"1955. Clarence Clark (tennis) Clarence Munroe Clark (August 27, 1859 – June 29, 1937) was an American financier who helped develop electric light, power, and streetcar companies, as well as a noted tennis player. Born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was part of a distinguished family from Philadelphia. He graduated at age 19 from the University of Pennsylvania in 1878. In 1881, he became the first secretary of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. That same year, he won the first doubles tournament in the U.S. National Championships (later called the U.S. Open), playing with Frederick Winslow"
"US Intercollegiate Doubles Championship in 1913 and the Indoor Doubles Championship in 1915. In July 1915 Washburn and Williams won the doubles title at the Eastern Tennis Championship in Brookline defeating Irving C. Wright and Wallace F. Johnson in four sets. In 1917 Washburn joined the American Expeditionary Forces and served during World War I in France as a Captain in the artillery. In 1921 Washburn defeated Richard Norris Williams in the final of the Newport Casino Invitational in five sets. After his tennis career he became an Assistant State Prosecutor. Watson Washburn Watson McLean Washburn (June 13, 1894 –"
"Mabel Cahill Mabel Esmonde Cahill (1863–1905) was an Irish female tennis player, active in the late 19th century, and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships. Born 2 April 1863, Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Cahill won the Orange Club ladies championship in 1890 and 1891. Cahill became the first foreign woman to win a major tournament when she defeated Ellen Roosevelt in the 1891 US Championships women's final at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. She successfully defended her women's singles title in 1892 and also won the women's doubles"
"Robert Wrenn Robert ""Bob"" Duffield Wrenn (September 20, 1873 – November 21, 1925) was an American left-handed tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first inductees in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wrenn was born in Highland Park, Illinois. Wrenn attended Harvard University where he was a prominent quarterback on the football team. He won his tennis titles in 1893, 1894, 1896 and 1897 (losing out to Fred Hovey in 1895). In 1898, he was serving in Cuba with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish–American War. He contracted yellow fever while in Cuba. Wrenn"
"University of Southern California (USC), as he wrote in his book ""The Golden Age of College Tennis, 2009"". Olmedo graduated with a Business Degree from USC. While there, he won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Singles and Doubles Championships in 1956 and 1958. (In 1957, USC was excluded from NCAA competition due to a financial contribution violation involving the football program which also suspended the tennis team.) Olmedo was ranked Amateur World No. 2 in 1959 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph. Perry T. Jones became Davis Cup Captain in 1958 and recruited Olmedo from Modesto Junior College"
"a tennis player of note. As a student at Harvard University, Joseph Clark won the U.S. intercollegiate singles and doubles titles in its inaugural staging, in the spring of 1883. In the singles, he defeated fellow Crimson player Dick Sears. Clark graduated Harvard in 1883 and later earned a law degree. He and his brother, Percy Hamilton Clark, opened a law practice at 321 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The practice centered on the ""street railway, electric light, and power businesses"" operated by E. W. Clark & Co. In 1885, he took the U.S. National lawn tennis doubles title, and also"
"Laura duPont Laura duPont (May 4, 1949 – February 20, 2002) was a female American tennis player. She was the first woman to win a national title in any sport for the University of North Carolina, as well as being the first female All-American at the school. She was not related to the multiple grand slam winner Margaret Osborne duPont. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Laura became acquainted with tennis by practicing on the city's public courts. In her adolescent years, DuPont moved to North Carolina, where she showed promise competing in junior tennis championships. DuPont attended the University of North"
"Wallace F. Johnson Wallace Ford Johnson (July 13, 1889 – February 15, 1971) of Philadelphia was an American tennis player in the early 20th Century. Johnson played collegiate tennis at the University of Pennsylvania, where in 1909 he won NCAA championships in both singles, against Melville H. Long, and doubles. At the U.S. National Championships, Johnson reached the singles final in both 1912 and 1921 before falling to future International Tennis Hall of Famers Maurice McLoughlin and Bill Tilden. He also won U.S. mixed doubles championships in 1907, 1909, 1911, and 1920. All but his 1907 title came with Hazel"
"William Murphy (tennis) William E. ""Bill"" Murphy (November 15, 1917 – May 16, 2005) was an American Championship Tennis player and Coach. In 1938 and 1939, Murphy and his twin brother, Chet, won consecutive Big Ten Conference doubles championships while competing for the University of Chicago. Murphy won the 1939 Singles title at the Western Tennis Association tournament in Chicago. In 1941, he earned a Master's Degree in Physical Education from George Williams College in Chicago. He was a War hero in World War II as a Dive Bomber Pilot in the Pacific, helping sink the Worlds Largest Battleship Yamato."
"Philip Sears Philip Shelton Sears (November 12, 1867 – March 10, 1953) was an American tennis player and sculptor. He was the son of Frederic Richard Sears and Albertina Homer Shelton. His brother Richard Sears, was also a tennis player, and won the US Open singles in its first seven years, from 1881–87, and the doubles for six years from 1882–87, after which he retired from tennis. Sears reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1888, and the quarterfinals in 1887. He won the Intercollegiate Championships in 1887 and finished runner-up to Edward L. Hall at the Longwood"
"from several countries later evolved the International Lawn Tennis Federation, which was founded on March 1, 1913 at Paris. In April 1912, Williams planned to return to the United States along with his son, R. Norris Williams (""Dick""), a famous tennis player, in order to visit his wife, Lydia Biddle Williams-White. Both men boarded the RMS ""Titanic"" at Cherbourg, as first class passengers. After the ship hit an iceberg and was sinking, father and son jumped into the water. While Dick was able to save himself, his father was killed by the first funnel falling from the ship. Duane Williams"
"ranking in doubles. She retired in 1978 to study computer science at the University of Port Elizabeth. She is married with three children and has continued to play the game at a recreational level. In ""Snoopy's Tennis Book"" (Charles Schulz, Henry Holt & Co., 1979), Snoopy imagines himself playing at Wimbledon and claims he had a ""good day"" at the hallowed tournament: ""I ate five bowls of strawberries and cream, and fell in love with Linky Boshoff!"" Linky Boshoff Delina Ann Boshoff-Mortlock, commonly known as Linky Boshoff, (born 12 November 1956), is a former professional tennis player who won the"
"Kenneth Powell (tennis) Kenneth Powell (8 April 1885 – 18 February 1915) was a British athlete and tennis player who competed in the 1908 and the 1912 Summer Olympics as well as at the Wimbledon Championships. Powell studied at Cambridge University and was a member of the 1905 Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club which was captained by Tony Wilding. Powell became team captain in 1906 and 1907. In 1908 he won the single title at the Queen's Club Championships when his opponent in the final Major Ritchie retired in the second set. That year he also won the Covered Court"